Invalidity · first instance · 2020-05-08
000107699
Contested design: 002680827-0006
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested Community design is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 0026808270006 wird für nichtig erklärt. Die Inhaberin trägt die Kosten der Antragstellerin, die auf 750 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
MUSIC Tribe Global Brands Ltdvia PDF extraction
VG
Trident Chambers, Wickhams Cay 1, 281 Waterfront Drive, Road Town, Tortola VG1110, Britischen Jungferninseln
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Adam Hall GmbH
Germany (DE)
Adam-Hall-Str. 1, 61267 Neu-Anspach, Deutschland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Bose L1 loudspeaker design
https://www.bose.de/de_de/products/speakers/portable_pa_speakers/l1-compact-system.html · Bose website and English-language Wikipedia
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over the earlier Bose L1 loudspeaker design identified as D1.
- ›The holder argued the contested design was new and had individual character because its overall impression differed from D1.
- ›The Division found D1 sufficiently disclosed before 14 April 2015 through the manual read together with Wikipedia, although the manual alone was insufficient.
- ›Novelty was not established, but the contested design created the same overall impression as D1, so the application was upheld and the design declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberIvanka IVANOVA
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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